Daily Gratitude: Does this ring true for you? It does me. This is also an issue with a never ending to do list.

It’s so hard to get everything done on that darn list. I don’t know about you but I have always just put them on the next day’s list. And inevitably, the same happens tomorrow … and the next and the next.

I begin to feel so overwhelmed and overburdened and then I feel like a failure because “what’s wrong with me that I can’t seem to get anything done?”

What would be more beneficial would me pick a number of days I’m willing to have something on my list. Let’s say I pick 3 days. If at the end of those 3 days it’s not done then i have to re-evaluate its importance. If it’s not vital, then I will put it on a miscellaneous list that is not anywhere prominent in my office space.

Why do I put it on another list? To keep it from cluttering up my brain. But this is not a list that is important. It’s just an idea bank so to speak.

It’s a big relief to have that not hanging over my head any longer. The absence of that weight and resultant fatigue gives me more energy to work on the truly important things on my list.

Why not try this if you keep rolling things over on your lists.